Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "Insulin resistance"
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Hyperuricaemia is an independent factor for the metabolic syndrome in a sub-Saharan African population: a factor analysis
(Elsevier, 2008)Objective To assess the risk factor pattern of the metabolic syndrome and its association with insulin resistance and hyperuricaemia in a sub-Saharan African population with different levels of urbanisation. Methods Four ... -
Prospective associations between cardiac stress, glucose dysregulation and executive cognitive function in Black men: the Sympathetic activity and ambulatory blood pressure in Africans study
(Sage, 2018)Objective: Glucose dysregulation is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disease development through synaptic dysfunction resulting in cognitive decline. The aim of this study was to study ... -
Should obesity be blamed for the high prevalence rates of hypertension in black South African women?
(Nature Publishing Group, 2008)Hypertension is highly prevalent in South Africa, resulting in high stroke mortality rates. Since obesity is very common among South African women, it is likely that obesity contributes to the hypertension prevalence. The ...